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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Case Fatality Rate  lowest at 2.15% since 1st Lockdown
Total recoveries nearly 11 lakh
More than 36,500 recovered in last 24 hours
India continues to maintain the record of registering and maintaining the lowest COVID-19 mortality rate at the global platform. The Case Fatality Rate stands at 2.15% today and it is lowest since the 1st Lockdown started. It has been continuously reducing from around 3.33% in mid-June.
This is a testimony to the focused, coordinated, pre-emptive, graded and evolving “Test Track Treat” strategy and efforts of the Centre along with the State/UT governments. Emphasis on early detection through aggressive testing and effective clinical management of the hospitalized cases have resulted in the continuously falling Case Fatality Rate indicating that India has been able to successfully contain the fatality rate of COVID-19.
Along with the CFR been kept a low rate, the successful implementation of effective containment strategy, aggressive testing and standardized clinical management protocols based on a comprehensive Standard of Care approach have resulted in a consistent addition of more than 30,000 recoveries/day.
The total number of recovered cases is nearly 11 lakh. With 36,569 patients discharged in the last 24 hours, the total recoveries have jumped to 10,94,374. The recovery rate stands at 64.53% amongst COVID-19 patients.
With such consistent increase in recoveries, the gap between recovered patients and active COVID-19 cases currently stands at 5,29,271. Active cases  are under medical supervision.
The 3-tier hospital infrastrucutre with seamless patient management has ensured prompt triaging and treatment. As on today, there are 1488 dedicated COVID Hospitals with 2,49,358 isolation beds, 31,639 ICU beds and 1,09,119 oxygen supported beds, 16,678 ventilators. 3231 dedicated COVID Health Centres with 2,07,239 Isolation beds, 18,613 ICU beds and 74,130 oxygen supported beds and 6,668 ventilators have also been operationalised. Moreover, 10,755 COVID Care Centres with 10,02,681 beds are now available to combat COVID-19 in the country. The Centre has also provided 273.85 lakh N95 masks and 121.5 lakh Personal Protective Equipments  and 1083.77 lakh HCQ tablets to the States/ UTs / Central Institutions.
For all authentic & updated information on COVID-19 related technical issues, guidelines & advisories please regularly visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ and @MoHFW_INDIA.
Technical queries related to COVID-19 may be sent to technicalquery.covid19[at]gov[dot]in and other queries on ncov2019[at]gov[dot]in and @CovidIndiaSeva .
In case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline no.: +91-11-23978046 or 1075 . List of helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf.
Ministry of Education
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan led a Swacchta Hi Seva - Shramdaan initiative at Delhi University
The initiative has transformed into the world’s biggest people-led movement - Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
With Prime Minister’s inspiration, swachhata has become our Swabhav - Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan led a Swacchta Hi Seva - Shramdaan initiative at Patel Chest, Delhi. Students and teachers of the University of Delhi as well as citizens joined him in this cleanliness drive to pay Swacchanjali to Mahatma Gandhi. The Ek Tareekh, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath was organized throughout the nation as part of the Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign, marking the 9th anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission. The campaign was scheduled for 1st October 2023 at 10 am for a duration of one hour.
Shri Pradhan thanked Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for his resolve to develop a Swachha Bharat, which is free of garbage. The initiative has transformed into the world’s biggest people-led movement, Shri Pradhan emphasized.
He also added that with the inspiration of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, swachhata has become our Swabhav. This jan-andolan is just a beginning and with this we renew our commitment to make our academic institutions garbage-free, he added. He also highlighted that this will be a true Swacchanjali to Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri and all our greats.
He also mentioned that with collective effort, the picture of our villages, cities and nearby public places can be changed.
Department of Space
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says, Department of Space pitched in to augment COVID infrastructure in the country
Liquid Oxygen is being provided to Tamil Nadu and Kerala on a continuous basis
Union Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that Department of Space has gone beyond its call to provide COVID related support mainly liquid oxygen to States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Chandigarh. In an online review meeting, Chairman, ISRO, Dr. K. Sivan said that 9.5 tonnes of oxygen being given to Tamil Nadu and Kerala per day, besides the oxygen capacity of Andhra Pradesh and Chandigarh was augmentd. He said, 87 Tonnes of LOX manufactured and supplied by ISRO Propulsion Complex, IPRC already given to Tamil Nadu and Kerala by ensuring 24x7 work schedule. Moreover, 12 MT of LOX sent to augment Oxygen availability in Andhra Pradesh. He said, the Department is also ensuring supply of Oxygen cylinders for local public in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Advanced Medical devices designed including ventilators, Prana, and VaU and manufacturing to be taken up with industries at the earliest.
Dr Jitendra Singh was informed that the Space Application Centre at Ahmedabad has successfully converted 2 Liquid Nitrogen Tanks of about 1.65 lakh litres into liquid oxygen tanks for storage and supply in Ahmedabad and nearby hospitals. Moreover, Face Shields and PPE kits are also being supplied to hospitals in Ahmedabad.
The Minister said that Oxygen Concentrators being procured for Dispensaries for use by needy patients and the Design of disinfectant chamber for baggage & new Oxygen concentrators is already in progress.
The other technological support provided by the Department of Space includes, Covid vaccination centers mapping across India integrated with Cowin app to help citizen reach the nearest vaccination center, deployment of Non-contact Thermal camera developed by SAC, development of COVID-19 Dashboard in Sync with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the development of a mobile app ‘FIGHT CORONA’ in collaboration with ICMR, Dibrugarh, Assam for collection of geotagged information of Covid19 cases in the state of Tripura.
Senior officials of Department of Space informed Dr Jitendra Singh that work is on for the 10 scheduled Satellite launch projects including the unmanned Gaganyaan Mission in December this year. The Minister expressed satisfaction that despite the crippling effects of the pandemic, the launch campaign activities continued over Virtual Launch Control for PSLV-C49, C50 and C51 during the past six months.
Dr Jitendra Singh also asked the department to explore the possibility of creating more COVID Care Centres apart from the ones established in Bengaluru, Shillong and Sriharikota.
The Minister expressed satisfaction over the various measures taken the Department of Space to contain the COVID menace and specially appreciated the introduction of Bio-bubble teams and vaccination of about 30 percent of the staff so far.
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Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Town Hall Meeting for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 
Under the aegis of India’s Presidency of the G20, 3rd Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governor’s meeting is scheduled to be held on July 14-18, 2023, at GIFT City, Gandhinagar. In the run-up to the meeting, with a view to create wider awareness and to make India’s Presidency of G20 a mass celebration, a ‘Jan Bhagidari’ program in the form of TownHall meeting for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises  was organized by Reserve Bank of India , Ahmedabad at Vadodara on June 14, 2023.
The event was attended by senior officials from Bank of Baroda , State Bank of India , Small Industries Development Bank of India , MSME-Development and Facilitation Office , District Industries Centre  and 125 MSME entrepreneurs. Shri Yashraj Vaishnav, Assistant General Manager, RBI in his inaugural address dwelt briefly on G20, its history and the crucial juncture at which India is handling the Presidency of the group.
Senior officials from SBI, BoB, SIDBI, MSME-DFO and DIC briefly touched upon the various initiatives taken by their respective organizations to spread awareness and facilitate banking services to MSMEs and appreciated the efforts of RBI for conducting such meeting in Vadodara.
Special sessions were arranged on ‘Overview of Trade Receivables Discounting System ’ and ‘Major MSME Schemes of State and Central Government’. Three MSME entrepreneurs shared their success stories followed by an interactive session with entrepreneurs and representatives of industry associations, wherein queries raised by them were responded to by RBI and other Government/bank officials.
A separate live counter showcasing the local handwork craft of Vadodara was set-up, enriching the theme of the meeting. The program was well received and appreciated by all the participants and stakeholders.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM acknowledges India's growing recognition as a trusted partner for various global challenges
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has acknowledged India's growing recognition as a trusted partner for various global challenges via an article by Union Minister of State for Electronics and Technology, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
The Prime Minister’s Office tweeted:
“India is now being recognised as a trusted partner for various global challenges, ranging from sustainability and security to vaccines, electronics, and semiconductors," writes Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar.”
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Students of Sikh community are asked to report at the Examination Centers of NEET, JEE etc hours in advance for scanning of Kara and/or Kirpan, which are articles of faith: National Commission for Minorities
It has been brought to the notice of the National Commission for Minorities  that students belonging to the Sikh community are asked to report at the Examination Center hours in advance vis-à-vis candidates belonging to other communities for scanning of Kara and/or Kirpan, which are articles of faith, while appearing in examinations such as National Eligibility cum Entrance Test , Joint Entrance Examination  etc. The NCM in a press release here today said, in the light of the religious belief of the Sikh Community and the right guaranteed under Article 25, Explanation 1 of the Constitution of India, in the absence of any objective facts indicative, or suggestive of, real threat of use of unfair means by those wearing Karas and Kirpans, the blanket ban on metallic objects would not be justified as has been held by Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee Vs. UOI & Ors.in W.P. 7550/2017.
The release which was addressed to the Chairperson, National Testing Agency, Professor MS Ananth stated that the NCM being a Statutory Body constituted to protect and safeguard the interest of all the Minorities, accordingly advises that the agencies responsible for conducting Examinations may be directed to consider taking following steps to avoid any discrimination against students belonging to Sikh community:
 Reporting time of examination should be the same for all the candidates irrespective of their religion.
 Not to discriminate between the Sikh candidates and others on the basis of their articles of faith.
 Screening may be done through a door frame metal detector for reducing time and ensuring proper security procedure.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Compensation to Families of Paramilitary Personnel
The number of personnel of Central Armed Police Forces  and Assam Rifles , who were killed in action during the last two years viz. 2017 and 2018, are as under:-
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Forces
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Number of personnel who were killed in action during last two years
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2017
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2018
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Total
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BSF
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09
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23
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32
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CRPF
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52
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29
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81
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CISF
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01
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01
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02
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ITBP
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18
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26
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44
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SSB
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02
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02
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04
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AR
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07
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06
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13
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Total
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176
The details of admissible benefits given to the next of kin of such CAPFs personnel are given below:
 Central Ex-gratia: The Central ex-gratia lump-sum compensation has been enhanced with effect from 01/01/2016 from Rs. 15 lakh to Rs. 35 lakh for death on active duty and from Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 25 lakh for death on duty, as the case may be, to the NoK of the deceased CAPF & AR personnel.
 Extra Ordinary Pension: The NoK of the deceased are entitled to get Liberalized Family Pension  under Central Civil Service  Rules, 1939.
 Service Benefits: All service benefits viz, Death-cum-Retirement Gratuity , Leave Encashment, Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme , General Provident Fund  etc. are admissible.
 Force Level Welfare Schemes: Each of the force has evolved / set up force level welfare schemes for the employees/ Jawans such as Benevolent Funds, Financial Assistance/Scholarship to the children for education and Financial Assistance for daughter’s/sister’s marriage etc.
 Funds from ‘Bharat Ke Veer’: ‘Bharat ke Veer’ is an online portal which enables people to donate voluntarily to the NoKs of CAPF personnel who sacrifice their lives. Such contributions are made directly to the accounts of NoKs online. In addition, funds received in Bharat Ke Veer corpus are also distributed to the NoKs of such personnel.
 ‘Operation Casualty Certificate’: The CAPFs personnel killed in action get ‘Operational Casualty Certificate’ on the line of ‘Battle Casualty Certificate’ as available to Armed Forces. NoKs are entitled to certain benefits viz Air and Rail travel fare concession and allotment of Oil Product Agencies etc on the line of benefits that NoKs of the Defence personnel get on being conferred ‘Battle Casualty Certificate’.
 Prime Minister Scholarship Scheme : Under PMSS, an amount Rs.2250/- per month for girls and Rs.2000/- per month for boys is released to the wards of serving / Ex-CAPFs, AR and National Security Guard  personnel. The amount of Scholarship has now been increased from Rs. 2000/- per month to Rs. 2500/- per month for boys and from 2250/- per month to Rs.3000/- per month for girls from the academic year 2019-2020 onwards.
 Provision of Ex-gratia compensation by the States/UTs: Many States/Union Territories have also made provision to pay compensation /assistance to NoKs as per their rules.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister extends greetings to Jewish people around the world on Rosh Hashanah
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has extended his warmest greetings to the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, the friendly people of Israel, and the Jewish people around the world on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah.
The Prime Minister poster on X;
“Shana Tova! Warmest greetings on Rosh Hashanah to my friend Prime Minister @netanyahu, the friendly people of Israel and the Jewish community across the world. May the New Year bring good health, peace and prosperity in everyone’s life.”
PIB Headquarters
IIMC to launch PG Diploma in Malayalam Journalism
The Indian Institute of Mass Communication, the country’s premier media training institute and communication think-tank, is all set to launch the first ever Post Graduate Diploma programme in Malayalam Journalism from its Southern Regional Campus at Kottayam, Kerala from 1st August, 2017.
According to Director General, IIMC, Shri K.G. Suresh, “The introduction of the course is expected to give a boost to Malayalam journalism and aimed at providing skilled manpower to the burgeoning regional language media in the state” .
Besides important journalistic aspects such as reporting, editing, media laws and ethics, the new course will have components of Malayalam language and history of Malayalam media. The all India entrance examination for the course will be held on 27th May, 2017. The last date for submission of online applications is 14th May, 2017. Students may apply through www.iimc.gov.in. Examination centres for Malayalam journalism will be in Kochi, while interviews for the shortlisted candidates will be held in Kottayam.
Initially, 15 seats have been earmarked for Malayalam journalism which is currently operating from the campus of Mahatma Gandhi University.
Reservation of seats would be available as per the Central Government’s policy. Currently, the Kottayam Campus runs a Diploma programme in English Journalism. IIMC presently has six campuses across the country and imparts Odia language journalism from its Dhenkanal Campus in Odisha. The Amravati Campus in Maharashtra will be offering a Marathi Journalism programme from the coming academic session.
Apart from its own faculty, eminent academicians in media and Malayalam language and senior journalists will be imparting training to the Malayalam journalism students, Mr. Suresh said.
The IIMC is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.
For further details contact Special Officer Shri Ramakrishnan K .
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Ministry of I&B blocks 45 YouTube videos from 10 YouTube channels under IT Rules, 2021
Videos containing hateful speech against religious communities and spreading communal disharmony blocked
Morphed images and videos being used to harm India’s national security, foreign relations and public order
Based on the inputs from intelligence agencies, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has directed YouTube to block 45 YouTube videos from 10 YouTube channels. Orders to block the concerned videos were issued on 23.09.2022 under the provisions of the Information Technology  Rules 2021. The blocked videos had cumulative viewership of over 1 crore 30 lakh views.
The content included fake news and morphed videos spread with the intent to spread hatred among religious communities. Examples include false claims such as the Government to have taken away the religious rights of certain communities, violent threats against religious communities, declaration of civil war in India, etc. Such videos were found to have the potential to cause communal disharmony and disrupt public order in the country.
Some of the videos blocked by the Ministry were being used to spread disinformation on issues related to Agnipath scheme, Indian Armed Forces, India’s national security apparatus, Kashmir, etc. The content was observed to be false and sensitive from the perspective of national security and India’s friendly relations with foreign States.
Certain videos depicted erroneous external boundary of India with parts of J&K and Ladakh outside the Indian territory. Such cartographic misrepresentation was found to be detrimental to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.
Speaking on the issue, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shri Anurag Thakur has said that the content blocked by the Ministry was found to be detrimental to sovereignty and integrity of India, security of the State, India’s friendly relations with foreign States, and public order in the country.
The Minister further said that the Government of India remains committed to thwart any attempts at undermining India’s sovereignty and integrity, national security, foreign relations, and public order.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 191.15 Cr
Over 3.15 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 18,096
2,858 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.74%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.66%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 191.15 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,38,96,925 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.15 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,04,06,091
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2nd Dose
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1,00,28,814
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Precaution Dose
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50,07,651
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,84,17,515
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2nd Dose
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1,75,63,748
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Precaution Dose
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81,33,543
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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3,15,28,673
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2nd Dose
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1,17,55,668
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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5,89,27,016
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2nd Dose
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4,38,39,174
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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55,65,38,161
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2nd Dose
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48,42,32,281
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Precaution Dose
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3,67,871
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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20,31,29,584
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2nd Dose
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18,95,10,390
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Precaution Dose
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9,44,349
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,70,06,271
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2nd Dose
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11,81,18,199
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Precaution Dose
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1,61,35,371
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Precaution Dose
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3,05,88,785
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Total
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1,91,15,90,370
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 18,096. Active cases now constitute 0.04% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.74%. 3,355 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,25,76,815.
2,858 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 4,86,963 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 84.34 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.66% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 0.59%.